This work includes a scene in which Sir Plume demands the title item from another character, while his sister Thalestris is among the protagonist's friends. In Canto IV of this work, a gnome named Umbriel travels to the Cave of Spleen, and after a fight between characters inspired by the Lord Petre and [*] Arabella Fermor, the title object becomes embedded in the sky. This poem begins, "What dire offense from amorous causes springs," and several spirits called sylphs, including Ariel, fail to protect the protagonist when her enemy approaches her with scissors. For 10 points, name this mock epic about the Baron's theft
This work includes a scene in which Sir Plume demands the title item from another character, while his sister Thalestris is among the protagonist's friends. In Canto IV of this work, a gnome named Umbriel travels to the Cave of Spleen, and after a fight between characters inspired by the Lord Petre and [*] Arabella Fermor, the title object becomes embedded in the sky. This poem begins, "What dire offense from amorous causes springs," and several spirits called sylphs, including Ariel, fail to protect the protagonist when her enemy approaches her with scissors. For 10 points, name this mock epic about the Baron's theft of Belinda's hair, written by Alexander Pope.
This work includes a scene in which Sir Plume demands the title item from another character, while his sister Thalestris is among the protagonist's friends.
“The {Rape} of the {Lock}”